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George Clooney's modern morality tale about the ongoing battle between idealism and corruption in the political realm is perfectly cast.

Mamet's story about a big-budget Hollywood production that steamrolls into a little Vermont town is told with a gentle smirk.

The fascinating but fleeting life of Anton Yelchin given due reverence

It's another Truman Capote picture about how the author wrote In Cold Blood – and it stands solidly on its own merits.

A string quartet – whose members are played by the likes of Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Catherine Keener – gets stuck in its own resins.

Philip Seymour Hoffman directs and stars in this drama about a nebbishy middle-aged man with minimal social skills.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his last performances, heads up a terrific ensemble cast for this offbeat drama adapted from a Pete Dexter novel.

Starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this smart, funny, thoughtful, and exquisitely realized film is one of the best of the year.

This post-9/11 espionage thriller is adapted from John Le Carré’s 2008 novel and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman at the head of a top-notch cast.

Both a crime thriller and family tragedy, this stunner from octogenarian Sidney Lumet stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke as brothers whose blood runs cold.

As the series ends, we wonder what we'll do without our Katniss catnip

Philip S. Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix act out the internal (and eternal) war between the analytical and implusive that is the principal inquiry of P.T. Anderson's film.

Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s first venture as a director is audacious, ambitious, and amazing; it’s also intricate, self-referencing, and all-encompassing: in a word, a masterpiece.

While Capote is a good film, it hasn’t closed the book on the subject, even though the performances are undeniably great.

This sweet, amiable, and knowing coming-of-age tale is Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical boyz-to-men story about how he grew into the role of a rock & roll journalist in 1973.

Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams star in the film version of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play.

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From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

Brad Pitt hits a home run with this film about the inner workings of baseball. It's a film that will appeal to sports fans and nonfans alike.

Despite a script by Aaron Sorkin, direction by Mike Nichols, and star turns by Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this good-natured geopolitical romp falls flat.

Swoony kisses and true grit mark this Civil War epic from the director of The English Patient.

A case of mistaken identity embroils the supremely go-with-the-flow character of the Dude (Bridges) in an intersecting mix of kidnapping, pornography, German nihilists, sultry women, gumshoes, missing money, and missing toes.

Notes From the Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference

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